Alesis iPod JamDock plays the backing band to your Ashlee Simpson
By Joseph L. Flatley 
posted Jan 16th 2009 5:33PM
posted Jan 16th 2009 5:33PM
Apparently, when Alesis looks at an iPod the company gets dollar signs in its eyes -- between the 8 track mixer for the home recording set, the pro audio-minded rack mixer, and the ProTrack dock / portable digital recorder, you'd think they'd have all their bases covered -- but that's clearly not the case. Among the many goodies making the scene at this year's NAMM, JamDock is aimed at musicians who want to incorporate iPod audio into their performance. This bad boy sports two 1/4-inch inputs that support both line level and high impedance instruments, 1/4-inch monitor outs, and a single 1/4-inch stereo out for headphones. It can be mounted on a drum rack or stand using the e-percussion Module Mount (sold separately). Pricing and availability have yet to be announced. In the meantime, it looks like bedroom musicians will be stuck jamming to the Miami Vice theme on their boomboxes, just like nature intended.
[Via Music Radar]
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A-S-H-L-E-E
it ENDS with an E!!!
how many readers do you have to alienate each day to reach your quota?
@Andrew Moulton: you don't understand, most people belive the sensationalized bull-snot that they see on TV, if they actually knew snot bout anything, they'd know ashlee only lipsynced ONCE in the US, because she had severe acid reflux, and was instructed the day before NOT TO SING by her DOCTOR
Both of the Ashle*E* Simpson ones at a minimum.
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Words fail me, Andrew.
Umm, well they didn't expect to alienate any with this, but... I guess, one.
@Andrew Moulton: i think you're letting them get off too easy, you're assuming ashlee simpson actually exists...while if YOU knew snot, you'd know that ashlee simpson is a fake person the media invented to disctract the public from the war in iraq.
@Andrew Moulton:i think you are the one who is TOO harsh, i see the error of my ways...ashlee simpson is not important enough to remember the spelling of, the only reason her latest album was OK was because of timbaland...i'm sorry engadget
@Andrew Moulton: Don't Apologize, you shell-less snail!
@Engadget: i thought this would be funny, but now i see that it's not, i apologize, even if it means i have no shell
I laughed at your failness, if that makes you feel better...
The thought of "this" and "funny" should never have even ran through your head man...
WTF?
Holy shit dude.
Get with the times Joseph! All us cool kids are listening to the Jonas Bros. and Miley Cyrus nowadays!
And the Cheetah girls. Don't forget High School Musical either!
I hope they realized to put warning on that thing about iPod Classic and drum rack mounting... You know. HDD and heavy vibration, nice combo for warranty services.
—getting back on topic Andrew Moulton et al—
All these iPod Connector-centric products although faddishly alluring don't make much sense to me (even though I have one).
As impossible as it seems today, one day the iPod Connector we all know and love is going to go away whether it's by market evolution or by Apple suddenly deciding it isn't REALLY cool anymore—the new iPod Touch and Firewire spring to mind—then that really sweet iPod Connector based device is going to have a rather bitter after taste to it.
Better to go with the less sexy but universal SD cards, etc.
I was really hoping that Andrew Moulton would self destruct at some point.